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How to Spot Your Innovation Blind Spot

Phil McKinney

Be curious and invest in learning about new industries, trends, and technologies. Encourage collaboration and open discussions, where every voice is heard and every idea is given due consideration. It was a far-fetched idea that posed too many technical and legal challenges to pursue. Thirdly, adopt a risk-taking mindset.

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The Importance of Prioritizing Employee Well-Being and Psychological Safety

Business and Tech

My turning point came in 2007, when I collapsed from exhaustion and broke my cheekbone. You can see that in the way that performance reviews have evolved to regular feedback; how people think about career development and compensation; and the way companies need to invest in onboarding, development, and culture.

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Celebrate Pride Month by Recognizing the Role of Diversity in Innovation

IdeaScale

The study mostly gained publicity for its broader social conclusions, that bubbles form in part due to social conformity, but it offers an intriguing result for those who need decisive choices in their innovation program. Conversely, a lack of diversity can lead to outright disaster.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Let’s take a look at how the British cycling team went from zero Tour de France victories and ninety-five years without any Olympic medal by 2003 to sixty-six Olympic or Paralympic gold medals and five Tour de France victories between 2007 and 2017 (Clear, 2018). Harvard Business Review. MIT Sloan Management Review.

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Congressional testimony on higher ed: Allow for innovation, incentivize student outcomes

Christensen Institute

They were designed originally as peer-review organizations to determine what is a college and to help institutions improve. But accreditors were not built to play a quality assurance role.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

Additionally, an Accenture study revealed how technology leaders, companies that invested heavily in technology during the COVID-19 crisis, have been growing at a faster rate than their competitors. They successfully emerged from the crisis in 2007 through a series of bold decisions from leaders who embraced innovative thinking.

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What you need to know about India Innovation Growth Programme 2.0

hackerearth

Initially set up by Lockheed Martin Corporation, Industry Chamber FICCI and the IC 2 Institute at the University of Texas, Austin in 2007, IIGP has continued to nurture brilliant ideas and concepts from innovators across the country in the ten years since. Established by the Department of Science and Technology (Government of India), IIGP 2.0